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Ying Yang (杨莹)

Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016YANG64

Ying Yang (杨莹) has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at Nanjing Spring 2018, puts her in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 597th in China. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2016, she has put 64 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 6 DNFs. Her Pyraminx best has come down from 4.67 in September 2017 to 3.38, a 28% improvement. Ying has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time
3.38
signature single · Nanjing Spring 2018
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx3.385.39
top 5.0%597 / 10,224
3×320.1324.16
top 40.3%13,823 / 28,153

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Suzhou Open 2017: 4.67Nanjing Autumn 2017: 4.29Zhenjiang Open 2017: 6.18Nanjing Spring 2018: 3.38Suzhou Open 2018: 5.783.386.1816 Sep 20175 Aug 2018

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to her.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as she improves.